Washington has imposed sanctions on another 24 officials from Hong Kong and China. The reason given was Hong Kong’s electoral reform, which was approved by 2895 delegates at the National People’s Congress in Beijing last week (China.Table reported). The decision for the new Hong Kong Bill includes a plan to change the size and composition […]
It is after 7 p.m., and the statement could be interpreted as well-intentioned care: “Don’t stay too long, you still have a small child at home,” says the boss of a company with billions in sales and more than 1,000 employees in China to one of his female employees. But in the case of the […]
Messenger app Signal has been blocked in mainland China. Since Monday evening, there have been disruptions in sending and receiving messages with Signal, according to users. In addition, there are problems with the registration. Currently, Signal can only be used via a VPN connection. This allows users to bypass China’s so-called “Great Firewall” and continue […]
Huawei has announced a new licensing model, according to which the amount of the license fees for its 5G technology will be based on the prices of the smartphones of the licensees in the future. Thus, a maximum of $2.50 US per device will be due, as the Shenzhen-based company announced on Tuesday. Huawei expects […]
细节决定成败 – The devil is in the details. After Amelie Richter went through the annexes of the EU-China investment agreement CAI which is still almost hot off the press for issue 39 of the China.Table briefing, we want to delve deeper into the details in the coming days. For more on the implications of the […]
The Chinese Communist Party has reportedly asked Alibaba Group to sell its holdings in the media sector. On Monday, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Beijing was concerned about Alibaba’s influence on opinion in the country. Government officials would also have been shocked at how extensive Alibaba’s media holdings already are. The e-commerce company, […]
The worst sandstorm in a decade has caused particulate matter levels in Beijing to exceed 1800-2000 micrograms per cubic meter in the air at times for particles ten microns in diameter, or ten-millionths of a meter. The WHO considers PM10 levels of 25 micrograms to be harmful to health. Environmental activists from Greenpeace China see […]
Megvii, one of China’s leading facial recognition software makers, plans to go public in Shanghai. The Shanghai Stock Exchange announced that Megvii intends to raise more than ¥6 billion (equivalent to $924 million) in fresh capital through a listing on the STAR board technology exchange. This is to be used to finance the construction of […]
In the search for the origin of the novel coronavirus, an international team of scientists has now delivered surprising results, as first reported by the SCMP. They had discovered 24 previously unknown bat coronaviruses within a radius of fewer than four kilometers in southwestern China. One virus of these carried “a genomic backbone” that is […]
